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Not too long ago, it would have never been possible due to such little interest.

But now, more than four decades after Title IX was passed in order to create gender equality for all federally funded programs, the demand for girls hockey in Framingham has reached a point where something had to be done.

So the Board of Directors of the town’s Youth Hockey Program answered the call, applying for a grant from the Mike Cheever Grow Hockey Development Program.

The board sought $8,000 in an application that was sent in January, and two weeks ago received $4,500 to help secure a bright future for young girls who are interested in playing the sport.

Thank you The Milford Daily News

Hockey players are a different breed of people. At the pro level you might drop the gloves with another player in a game in June and then play in his foursome at a charity golf tournament a month later. That’s just the forgiving nature of the people who play the game. When it comes down to it, hockey players are always there for other hockey players.

Plymouth Community Intermediate School eighth-grader Cam McLachlan and professional hockey Hall of Famer Cam Neely are a case in point.

McLachlan, 13, could have come out of the womb with a hockey stick and skates on, ready for his first shift. He comes from a hockey family right down to the fact that he was named for Mr. Neely, the former Boston Bruins superstar who now serves as president of the hockey team.

It was a busy and successful week for the Wilmington Youth Hockey Squirt 4’s, with five games over a three day span, with the bulk of the games coming in the 31st Annual Arthur M. Sachse Lakers Tournament in Worcester over the weekend.

After opening the Sachse Tournament with a pair of losses to higher division foes on Friday night and Saturday morning the Wildcats came back to get a pair wins on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, including a thrilling 3-2 win in Sunday morning’s consolation game on a goal by Adam Ippolito with 2:33 left in the game.

The Wildcats showed tremendous resiliency over the weekend in bouncing back from their two early losses in the tournament. While it would have been easy to simply give up after each of those lopsided losses against far superior teams, Wilmington instead followed the advice of their coaches and played Wildcat Hockey over the final two games to finish in third place with a 2-2 record.